Cool slideshow on Marketing in 2014:

http://www.businessinsider.com/vaynerchuk-shares-2014-marketing-strategy...

My buddy's an ex bookie/sports better here in Vegas he started a company with Jeff Mayweather. He's my boxing coach.I'll try to get some tips from him too

I'll tell you all right now.. I think you should all start websites

yes I want to build some websites first and foremost. 

Thats pretty sweet about mayweather. Dude is a baws.

http://us.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2014/02/21/dnt-girl-scout-cookies-outside-marijuana-dispensary.kpix.html?hpt=hp_t3 

Girl Scout in San Francisco is said to have sold 117 boxes of cookies outside a marijuana dispensary in two hours.

Girl Scout in San Francisco is said to have sold 117 boxes of cookies outside a marijuana dispensary in two hours.
Ok no joke that's a very lucrative money-making opportunity. Some of you guys should jump on that

Which of you guys are in Colorado or Washington?

Rzzznt could you get out there and pimp that shit?

I'm on the other side of the country

why should we all have websites?

Holy shit that's awesome about the girl scout. Wish I still lived in Colorado...

It's the baseline for having/developing online wealth.

Sports Betting Guide:

I've been sports betting for a little over two years now and seeing solid returns. I focus solely on MMA and dabble in soccer.

Firstly, if you are interested in sports betting you must open an account. The best prop bets and most complete sportsbook is www.5dimes.eu. The best live sports betting site is www.bookmaker.eu. This site allows you to bet MMA between rounds (extremely useful) and between quarters for sports like NBA, NFL, etc.

Here are my ten commandments for sports betting:

1. Only gamble with money you are willing to lose.

2. Only bet on sports you watch regularly. Tail (following someone elses bet) experienced bettors occasionally.

3. Bet in units. For example, I have $500 in my account. $10 is my standard unit. So I have effectively have 50 units. Bet one unit, sometimes two if you're extra confident.

4. Do not bet on your favorite team or athlete.

5. Do not bet when you are intoxicated. (Bet on Mitt Romney small once after watching an episode of Colbert Repoort derp)

6. Do your research before placing a bet.

7. DO NOT CHASE. If you are down on the night, do not keep betting to recoup your winnings. Live to see another day.

8. Join a forum with likeminded bettors to hear different opinions.

9. Tail at your own risk. (Hope you didn't tail Mayweather)

10. Avoid parlays in most cases. (A parlay is a multi-team/athlete bet. Every team/athlete must win for the bet to cash otherwise you lose.

Sports Betting Lines:

This will be an extremely simple explanation. Lets say the Patriots are playing the Jets. The Patriots are -200. This means they are 2-1 favorites. You must bet $200 on the Patriots to win $100. The Jets on the other hand, are +240. This means you must bet $100 to win $240. This is called the Moneyline. Whoever wins the game, wins the bet.

Next, you have the spread. These lines will historically be coser to EVEN ($100 to win $100). So say the Patriots are -7 at -110. You must bet $110 to win $100. The only caveat is the Patriots must win by 8 point for the bet to cash. If they win by 7 points, the bet is a PUSH which means you get your initial bet returned ($110).

Here is a link with a similar explanation:

http://www.betusa.ag/sportsbook/beginners_guide_gambling

What Sports Can You Bet On:

Virtually anything. Seriously. NFL, NHL, WNBA, UFC, Bellator, Golf, Tennis, Soccer, so on and so forth.

I won about $80 in 2012 betting on Obama to win a couple of swing states in the electoral college lol. I believe it was Ohio and Florida.

Prop Betting:

Prop betting is betting on a certain outcome or statistics. For example, Aaron Rodgers will throw at least two touchdowns (-120).

I usually bet on MMA prop bets. Last weekend Ronda Rousey by (T)KO was (+857). Shit ton of money to be made there.

There is also a lot of money to be lost here because you are depending on an athlete's performance which is extremely volatile. Read interviews and look at recent trends if you are going to prop bet.

The biggest prop bet I've hit: TJ Grant wins (T)KO of the Night $5 to win $115 (+2300)

This is a basic guideline. If you guys have any additional questions or need advice, I'm here for that. I'll post up some of my bet slips once I put money back in my account.

 I reccommend that everyone try it at least once. Minimum deposits are typically $60-$100 on a sportsbook. It also adds another dimension to watching sports! Hope y'all gained something from this. Now go make some $$$$

You can't make money off sports betting, stock market or forex. 

You're just an individual with huge information disadvantage.  Odds are always against you. 

If you really want to make money then start by creating something of value from scratch ( like an app or something ) and then sell the whole company.

but if you still interested in those areas : 

sports betting : 

either arbitrage betting

or 

become a quantitative analyst and calculate your own odds ( I've heard there are people making millions this way , but again you need information )

stock market & forex : 

what's happened in the past is going to happen in future too. so detect patterns in the past 6 months and trade based on those. keep yourself updated.

PPC and SEO are great ways to go. 

I once affiliated for an online company and with a $20 PPC Campaing I managed to earn 300 euros. it was too good to be true so I thought it might be some kind of scam or something and it took me two months to receive and cash the cheque. I missed a big opportunity there.

I have experience with running multiple small blogs, which need minimal maintanance and effort and will bring you some passive revenue.

I've have the same problem I have had  with just about everything. I jump in balls deep without a specific game plan then burn out. Haha so I said fuck it. I'm sticking to selling tshirts on Facebook until I'm bringing in some big gains. I've had a couple successful campaigns but not anything huge yet. It's simply a matter of launching a shit ton and stayin with what sells. This is all I've pretty much been doing with my evenings the past week. Design shirt, launch campaign. I test with a small amount. I no sales I don't fart around with trying to make it profitable, I just can it and move on to throwing out more campains. Eventually something sticks an THEN you can optimize it. Will report back when I hit a big one. 

After this I want to move into ppc and launching a personal fitness site. 

Just becuase you guys can't make money betting on sports doesn't mean others cannot.

Think about it this way: Some people are largely successful at PPC. Some are awesome at SEO. Some people make bank betting sports. Find out what works for you and do that. It's all about diversification and not laying all your eggs in one basket. Multiple streams of passive income is the goal until you find "your calling".

I'm just sharing my experience. I've made money sports betting but I know I'm gonna turn red in long run if I keep betting.

Mark Cuban, one of the brightest entrepreneur I know once started a sports betting hedge fund and then it was shut down silently.  [ google it ]

if these guys can't beat it, what does it tell you ?

Focus on creating something of value and then monetize it. I dunno ... comics, animations, educational vids, funny vids, apps, articles, stories ...

Fyi mark cuban failing at betting doesn't tell you shit beyond the fact that he failed.

Exactly. Mark Cuban is an excellent enterpeneur, there's no denying that. This doesn't change the fact that he has had multiple ventures fail. He is excellent however, because he realized it was a failing model and looked elsewhere to make money, cutting his losses.

Yes he failed, he's a billionaire , he's smart himself and he has access to the smartest people. who wouldn't want to work for mark cuban ?

if he can't do it , what are the chances you can do it , let's just be realistic here.

all I'm saying is that instead of building an airplane from scratch why don't you try building bicycles and see how it goes.

all being said , I know there are people making millions betting on sports, but they are calculating their own odds. and they bet when it's EV+ so it's a win for them in long term.

You can manage to make some money arbitrage betting if you have a capital over $30k and can deal with headaches bookies are gonna give you. 

They gonna close your acc, freeze funds, all these stupid things to keep you away from arbitrage betting.

This is why people fail. Before they even start 

Bump. Been super busy with tests this week. Anyone working on websites or anything? 

I turned $30 ad spend into $190 on teespring using Facebook. Relaunched the campaign this morning. Praying it'll scale

I turned $30 ad spend into $190 on teespring using Facebook. Relaunched the campaign this morning. Praying it'll scale

Okay, the past two weeks or so I've been constantly hustling teespring campagins on facebook. Ive only just started to make profit from this and abandoned it already lol. I have a few winning designs and ads, will obviously let those run its course but I'm changing directions. Selling tshirts on facebook can make you money. One of the guys I've been masterminding with is making 250% ROI on all the ad spend he sends to his shirts. this results with him making a few grand each week. Great cash! Im on my way there, just broke into positive ROI but I'm stopping and changing focuses. Why? That will get me good and designing tshirts and making fb ads... and thats about it. itll make me random money and could disappear at any time.

MW is 100% right when he says we need to be making websites (surprise of the year). I've already got one up and running, just waiting for my credit card to accept my payment (thanks teespring!) and then I'm going to buy a bunch more. 

There are SO many directions I can run with this and the past two days now more than ever before I'm pretty convinced I'll be quitting my job in 1-3 months. 6 months at by far the most.. its inevitable. 

Sick man. I just got paid. I wanna start a website or two and see how it works. Any tips on getting started? 

hey man, shoot me another email! but yeah, i changed my mind with what I told you. just creating any website will help really.

Purchase a domain from a registrar, I recommend namecheap. Get hosting, I use liquid web but they're a bit more, and then install WordPress on that thing like a motherfucker

Yo guys,

So I've been super busy as of late with school. Just thought I would throw up a quick update and see what everyone else is doing....

I've got a bunch of tests this next week, 6 interviews with different logistics companies (my major), and I'm also working for a company in LA through telecommuting. I do transcriptions for them from English to English so it's super easy but very time consuming. For those who don't know what that is, I listen to audio and write it down. Think of the people in court rooms. So I'm definitely making some big moves as far as money and academics go. On the girl front, I've locked down my primary and I'm essentially wifed up. I do take opportunities where I can get them but I'm not actively going out and gaming chicks :'(

Sometimes you gotta put new girls on the backburner and get other areas of your life handled first. That's one of the biggest takeaways I can give you guys (especially younger dudes). I always see guys get so wrapped up in game and they look back at their lives and think "Damn, I banged a bunch of bitches but really have nothing to show for it." Get shit handled and the pussy will come.

I almost had a threesome but I'll write about that in my other thread sometime when I get a chance.

Hopefully I'm able to make it on the call tomorrow and at least do a little intro but I probably won't stay long. Hope everyone is killing it, drop a line and let me know how it's going.

Cheers!

Just built a small shitty website lol. learning like crazy though. Its kinda tough but I'm juggling a few different things at once. Eventually I want to get into running a fitness business. This year Im going to look for a few bodies to whip into shape while I get my certification.. Not some shitty personal trainer cert but theres a huge course run by a top sports nutritionist, same stuff that is taught to university kids getting their bachelor in nutrition and exercise science. I'm looking at a few different business in different niches and basically want to reverse engineer their business plans. This is all pretty long term stuff right now but think it can be done in a year or two.

edit: last year I stopped working out for a while to become a sad rake again. Well mission a success and within four months my transformation is already killer. Can't wait till month ten.

What's the name of the nutrition course?

If you really want to get into it, this is the best book out there for the in-depth everything

I passed the CSCS several years back and studying for that was pretty cool, but that book above is a monster.  This is the text for the CSCS:

sick ill look into that book for sure. the program i wanna do is precision nutritions certification. it real in depth, i have the $800 textbook collecting dust already lol, cause i still need to sign up for the actual course. was given that book by one of their coaches though. it goes into coaching techniques, nutrition, programming and even heavy into prescription meds.

i think they might have a marketing course for personal trainers coming up soon, they keep talking about how trainers dont earn enough money, etc. regardless that is one avenue i am thinking of going. teaching trainers how to get their business' online and profitable. or at least make more than $18 an hour at the local gym

If any of you guys have a super strong passion for something - anything... What you're going to want to do is build a site. This is what Manwhore was saying...

You want to create a blog. 

Write plenty of articles, get as much traffic as posisble but make a fucking unique as fuck site. Do youtube videos, itunes podcasts. And most importnatly aggressively grow an email list. 

You want to create courses on the niche that you're in. Sell them! 

This is obviously very simplified. 

But building great blog that gets 50 000 visits a month, building a 10 000 plus email list....

This could easily be a six figure business. 

I passively started blogging three years ago or so. Now I'm pushing things much harder and doing about 10k a month consistently. Some months I've done more like 15-20. And now I'm getting some shit in place to hit 20k a month consistently. And I'm working on cracking this fb ads code so I can create an unlimited spending budget. Once that happens I'll be able to ramp my business into low 7 figures in less than a year. 

But honeslty, I'd rather build like a 5k a month online business, then make 50k a month working some job or having some physical business that requires me to be on location or working all the time.

The freedom is incredible! 

You could say that I created a perfect busienss to leverage my playboy lifestyle. At-least that's what it's turning into. 

Who is down to become a part of a mastermind group?

I will organize it.

So, one meeting per week, via phone or skype.  Each week one guy shares his biggest opportunity and his biggest challenge.  The group then brainstorms for 60+mins on how to best overcome the challenge and capitalize on the biggest opportunity.

Who is in?

i am currently working on a startup that is supposed to be a variation on thumbtack/taskrabbit/redbeacon for my country. we're doing this in a group of three and all are pretty excited about it. there's nothing even vaguely simillar on this market.

i also spent shitloads of time reading books on various topics, i could probably give tips on some essential reading stuff.

I'm in. Even if it's just you and me.

You guys need to get "The 4-hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferris, if you haven't yet. Pretty awesome. That kind of thing is what Bateman has going on and what I'm trying to get going too.

Yeah right here. 

4 hour workweek is still really good, couple links and specifics are a bit dated but it's still awesome

We'll have the first skype call this week.  Guys, "What's your schedule like this week? ;)"  PM Me per favor.